Hoi,
I have been told off list that Windows-7 supports this character by default.
This is one valid reason to choose Windows-7 for your operating system. It
is also a challenge to other operating systems to be as good.
Thanks,
GerardM
2009/9/25 Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com>
> Hoi,
> This specific character mentioned in the article is used to write the
> Tanimuca-Retuarã language. This is specified in the article. itself.
> Languages that need characters that are missing in fonts that are in general
> use are not isolated affairs. In the end there is only one solution; we
> should be part of a solution that allows us to show all characters.
> Thanks,
> GerardM
>
> 2009/9/25 Aryeh Gregor
> <simetrical+wikil...@gmail.com<simetrical%2bwikil...@gmail.com>
> >
>
>> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Gerard Meijssen
>>
>> <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > The notion that our editors should decide if a font is well enough
>> > supported is a bit off. It is saying "you cannot properly write your
>> > language because ...".
>>
>> No, it's not. We're talking about a specific article on the English
>> Wikipedia about a single obscure character, and related cases where
>> isolated characters don't display properly. Nothing I said should be
>> construed to have any bearing on radically different situations, such
>> as an entire wiki whose language is poorly supported on common
>> platforms. While I appreciate that you take a great interest in
>> technical topics related to internationalization, this is not such a
>> topic.
>>
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